Heye Daun

Mr. Daun is a mining engineer & MBA with over 20 years of experience with top-tier mining companies and financial groups. He is the former President and co-founder of Auryx Gold Corp. (“Auryx”) and was instrumental in leading the transformation of Auryx from initial formation as a private exploration company in 2009 through listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange's main board and eventual sale of the company to B2 Gold Corp. in a C$160 million transaction at the end of 2011. He has extensive mine building and operating experience gained working for Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Gold Fields. He is the former Mine Superintendent at Anglogold's Sadiola & Yatela Mines in Mali and a former Mine Manager at Goldfields Tarkwa mine in Ghana. After graduating with an MBA in 2004, Mr. Daun worked in mining finance, investment analysis and portfolio management.